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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-11-24
CHARMING ACTRESSES.
The Lily Gives Place to the Rose.
Stage Trials and Triumphs.

There may have been q time, perhaps,
when the paid lily wss the type Of female
beauty. 1t is not so to-day.
On the stage the most charming &C.
tresses are women of robust health.
Mrs. Langtry is the best matinee at
traction on the stage, so managers say,
because she is attractive TO women as well
as 70 men. She is famous walker and
an accomplished athlete.
Two generations have ragged over the
beauty of Rose Ccghlan. She is not
pretty, but she has the vigor of 70 le
health.
Fanny Davenport was always fasci-
mating, and Is still great favorite. As
Lady Gay Spanker, she would catch her
Dolly in rspturous embrace and swing
him three times around her, his feet never
touching the floor.
Great surprise is often expressed that
actresses are able to preserve their health
and beauty in view OF the terrible strain
OF their eIacting duties upon physical and
mental force.
Jennie Kimball, the mother of charm
ing Little Corinne,' who has delighted
lovers OF comic opera for many years,
says, under date May %, 1887: Il was eI-
| hausted with ny severe work and the
doctors told me TO give up the stage.
Warmers safe cure restored me. l have
never had better health in ny life, and
whenever bad feeling returns 1 immedi-
ately resort TO that remedy"
Grace Hawthorne, the American actress,
now,playing Theodore" with great success
in London, England, in a recent inter
view said: Il know how TO remain in per
feet health, notwithstanding the nervous
strain 1 have nightly to endure while
playing. l use Warmers safe cure, and
it controls life and health as nothing else
will"
The really great actresses in emotional
parts are those who utterly abandon their
own personality in the assumption of the
character portrayed. The strain they IN
dergo is one tn 1t few, outside Of the pro-
fession, can understand.
Maude Granger was obliged to abandon
the stage temporarily By reason of it.
She says: THE suffering l then endured,
and the terrible condition l was in, can
only be appreciated by those women who
have undergone the same experience. 1t
was while still suffering that learned OF
Warmers safe cure and began its use. I
nave taken it faithfully, and am happy to
state that I am now restored completely
to health and my usual vigor."
Many break down under the strain and,
like Sara Jewett, totally give out. Physi-
clans prescribe opiates which, perhaps,
give temporary relief, only to make the
final collapse more certain and complete.
Others are more fortunate, and find in
that great remedy an influence which
controls life and health and they are
thus enabled to succeed in their highest
ambitions.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-11-24
THANKSGIVING DAY.

To-day Is the day set aside by custom,
presidential and governors pIoAsma'
ton, as a time for general Thanksgiving
70 the Creator and Giver Of all things
for the many blessings received at His
hands during the past year. The origin
of this day Of Thanksgiving dates back to
the earliest history Of our country, when
the "Pngrim Fathers" we're as Jet bat q
colony Of refugees from their native soil.
From an impending danger the little co..
ony at Plymouth Rock was saved By what
seemed a miracle, for it was while
they we're yet st prayer for
deliverance that succor arrived, and day
Of fasting was changed TO one of thanks
giving, a Thanksgiving, indeed, that was
more feryent and heartful than tina,
which goes up from the hearts Of most OF
those who will celebrate the festival to-
day.
The rescued ones continued 70 celebrate
yearly the anniversary of their escape,
and handed it down in custom to their
children and children's children, and the
people Of New England were still cele-
bra.ing that day as one Of their hottest
festivals long before and up
to the time of the appointment
of a day for general Thanksgiving
By the president Of the United States,
which is of a comparatively recent date.
Be We believers or not in the saersdne=s
of the day, few there are Of Us who can
say in our hearts I'VE have nothing to be
thankful for" Some are poor and
broken down in health and spirit; many
are bsreft of dear ones, whose loss they
mourn while others rejoice and give
thanks, but even the poorest and most
sorrow-stricken can be grateful that their
condition is no worse, while those in
health of body and mind, and surrounded
By friends and the comforts of home,
should give more than passing thought
to what Thanksgiving Gay" implies.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-11-24
ANoTHER PHAsE OF ANARcHY.

! The Port Worth Gazette deyotes a
column of It's editorial space TO drawing 3
{ com psrison between Herr Most'5 exceed
ing the bounds of free speech and the
cases of the mayor and some citizens OF
/ San Antonio Who are nov uLder bond 20 an
sSer for disturbing q Peacefu! public rzeet-
ing. o, g: leas. allowing !: 20 be broken
up. As between the two, ths Gazette sides
with Most, deeming him the less culpable
Of the two. the San AntOio officials being
expected 70 preserve order rather than
countenance rio:. The Gazette closes its
article as follows, after shortly describing
the San Antonio disturbance:
Whether or no: they will be found guilty
cannot be told until after the courts have
passed upon the case. They may be en-
tire!y innocent of the charge; but, one
thing is certain, the guilty ones, whoever
they may be. are greater criminals than
is Herr Most. Most goes 20 one
extreme, they TO the other
The socislis. gave utterance to
language which was calculated to incite
men TO riot; the San Antonio gentlemen
are charged with actual rioting. The one
transcribed the ordinary latitude under
stood as the bounds OF free speech: the
others not only prevented the exercise of
free speech By those who were legiti-
mately discussing proposed constitu-
tionsl remedy against what was believed
public evil, but actually assaulted the
speakers, inficting upon them physical
sufferings and intolerable indignities.
As accused before the law: Most made a
public speech, while the San Antonio con-
spirscy was in secret, and concocted by
those who were supposed to be conserv-
stor5 Of the peace. Differing as
widely as the poles, the culprits are
all anarchists, and, in this particular
instance our Alamo City frienus, if
guilty,s are the more dangerous and violent,
and the conduct of each, taken as symp
tomE, shows that New York is less tinc-
tured with the poison than is San An
tonic. Most and his handful of followers
are social Ishmselites, against whom
every mans hand is turned, while the
Others are high in Office, and are sus-
posed to represent the sentiments of the
community in which they live. 1t is a
strange spectacle presented to the coun-
try, that while one section of it is en-
gagged in Furnishing men for the abuse of
free speech, the other section is engaged
in prosecuting men for conspiring to
prevent the exercise of this blessing.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-11-24
THE HOUSTON STRIKE.

Since the reign of terror in north Texas
year or two ago, brought about by Irons
and some lesser lights, people had begun
to feel assured that such disgraceful &C.
curtBnces as those that startled Fort
Worth and Marshall we're things of
the past Evidently the switchmen's
strike, beginning at the Bayou City
was intended to be a second edition, with
improvements, on the tragedy of March
1856. 1t is much to be regretted. No
single agency has injured the prospects
and cause of the workingman, or preju-
diced him so greatly in the eyes of the
country, as the strike system. It is a sys
tenn wrong in principle, opposed to the
genius Of our government, demoralizing
to labor itself and destructive to capital,
unjust Ito kthe public, and leads to
tyranny more dangerous and degrading
than that which it seeks to overthrow. It
is the right of every man to quit work
when ne pleases, individually and on his
own hook. But, when he combines with
others to suddenly absno on his employer,
with the intention of so inJuring him as
to compel concessions, it becomes con-
spiracy, really as much amenable to the
law of the state as a combination of per
sons to take life.
In the present instance the action of
the Houston switchmen appears, at this
distance, to be rather captious than
founded on any real grievance. They
were getting over two dollars a day for
manual service, which thousands of other
laborers would be glad to get
Everybody wishes to see the railroad
laborer and every other workingman get
every cent he can for wages. But 1t is
another thing when, to overcome his
employer, great freight highways must
be blocked up, trade and traffic inter.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-11-24
Citizen Trains Omaha Hotel.

was stopping at the Herndon house, now
tie Union Pacific headquarters. With me,
as guests, were James Brooks and dozen
congressman. We went down to breakfast,
and during that early meal a window pane
vas broken, and one of those wild, bleak
bitter Nebraska winds whistled through the
hirsute appendages-this expression was not
in vogue in those days-of the guests The
proprietor never made any effort to fix the
defective window. 1t was genius on my part
"a brilliant idea, | thought-when called
to an Ethiopian to brace himself up against
the hole and stop the breeze. l didn't fancy
such hotel and Immediately Went out and
purchased the ground where the COz3ens
house now stands. also went to a contractor
and asked him if lie ever erected a building
larger than a chicken coop. l had him con-
struct the hotel in sixty days. l afterward
rented it to Cozzens. of New York. who took
the management Of it and paid me a rentalOf
$1,000 year for it-Interview in Omaha
World
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-11-24

vas explained that the specimens e1hib-
tied at Dallas came from localities spec
tally favored, where irrigation was pos.
sible, the mystery was explained, and the
only wonder left On the Observers mind
was that irrigation i not more generally
practiced all over the state. That little
display of fruits ard vegetables from the
drouth district was worth more TO Texas,
perhaps, than all other exhibits com
bined, and spoke more eloquently and
with more telling effect, because prac-
ticslly, than could a thousand scien-
lists and lecturers. People were not
told theory, but had ocular demopstrs-
tion of the practical benefits OF irrigation.
In symbolIcal language commerce and
agriculture are represented a. moving
hand and hand in the grand march OF
progress, but in practical everyday life
It Is well known that commerce has long
ago outstripped agriculture. When it Is
remembered that almost even during the
life of the present generation the com
merce of the world was carried on II
wooden ships, buffeted hither and thither
by every storm, and often delayed for
months IN going from point to point
distances now traversed in few days By
the modern iron steamship, it will be
sesn how greatly mans genius ha:
triumphed over the dangers and diff
culties Of the deep, and how wonderful
has been the advance made By commerce
in few years. But, while man has tri-
umphed on the sea, mis- efforts on land
have not been crowned with such marked
success. Aside from the discovery
of new fertilizers and the invention OF
improved appliances for cultivating the
soil and gathering the crops, agriculture
to this day is little better off than in the
days OF our grsndfashers, aRd is as much
at the mercy of meteorological changes
as were the ancient Egyptians, who sowed
their grain and waited for a rise in the
Nile to water their lands. This, however,
will probably not remain true OF agricul-
rure in Texas many years longer. The
practical benefits of irrigation have been
shown and understood, and it is safe to
conclude that the lesson will not soon be
forgotten. We're there any great diff
fculties in the way of accom-
plishing this desired end, the farm
ers, who, as a class, shun trouble
and expense, might hold back from
making the attempt, but such is not the
case. Il has been demonstrated that ar
tesian wells can be sunk at almost any
and every place in the state, and though
the expense in some instances may appear
and actually be great, the lasting benefits
derived from these wells is more than
sufficient to Offset such expense. With
artesian wells and proper system of
ditching, the most arid regions of Texas
may be converted into garden spots, and
the dry and Improbable soil be made to
yield rich harvests in greater abundance,
and with more regularity than other re-
gions more favored by nature but less
under the dominion of the genius of man.
With artesian wells and other methods of
irrigation, the farmer of west and north
west Texas can accomplish wonders, but
without them he had best abandon the
struggle.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-11-24
1.-THE Criminal Type"

DR.. William Noyes. assistant physician
Of the BloOmingdale Insane asylum, OF
New York, read paper on The Grim
inal Type 1t was devoted to a dis
cussiOa Of the theories regarding habitua,
criminals Of French and Italian ply
slcians, principally of those of Caesar
lsOmbrosO the eminent Italian scientist.
The argument Of the paper was the ire
claimability OF certain class of criminals
owing TO their being physically as well as
mentally governed by criminal impulses.
He said that many researches abroad,
principally in Italy and France, seem to
show that there is a distinct class which
may be recognized by various bodily
anomalies as forming the chief Of the
lower type Of criminal These anomalies
are principally malformation of the head
and face, but the other bodily organs also
show marked and easily RECOGNIZABLE
deviatiOns fromshe normal type. These
anomalies are on the whole such as are
found among the lower races and savages.
The writer traced the gradual evolution
OF crime in the animal kingdom and the
resemblance Of the criminal acts of bears
to those Of the lower order of men. Crikf-
inals, he said, differ from normal people
in having smaller skulls, with less cranial
capacity. The angles and measurements
Of the skull differ in a marked degree
from those Of the normal man. There il a.
preponderance Of left handed men amdng
criminals. As compared with other per-
sons, three times as many male and fbur
times assmany female criminals are aAbi-
deXtrous. The convolutions Of the bIain
show marked degenerative characteristics,
and seem to be allied to the Mongol or
Australian type. Criminals also resemble
savages in the frequency with which they
are tattooed. Their writing shows
marked tendencies toward the use of HE
roglyphics. They are vain and revenge
full to an extent in excess Of normal per-
sons of similar social position. 1t would
be wise for the state, after they have once
committed crime and their irreclaimable
nature has been discovered. to inprison
them for life, thus protecting society from
their ravages. New York Tribune
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-11-24
4 witty German Journalist.

Moritz Gotlieb Saphir, Jewish journalist
Is regarded as the foremost wit and humcr'
ist Of the German speaking people. Maty
examples are cited Of his readiness in retof
While living at Munich he incurred ina
displeasure Of King Ludwig by criticisna
the royal authors party. An opportunitS
subsequently, offered for expelling the offend.
ing journalist from the Bavarian capital, ami
he was ordered TO leave within four and
twenty hours. The court chamberlain. com.
missioned by the king, waited on him and
asked if he could manage TO get away in 50
short time. YES replied the unabashei
journalist, 'and if my own legs can't take
ne quick enough III borrow some Of the
superfuous feet in her majesty's last volume
OF verse
When introduced for the first time to the
prompter Of the Leipsiger Stadt theater
pomPOus Parsonage too much in evidence a.
times, Saphir remarked: Il heard good
deal Of YOU, Herr A---the prompter
bowed his acknowledgements of the expected
compliment, while the wit added--''in The
course Of a performance last evening"
Driving out in the suburbs Of Vienna one
day, his coachman, peppery miethkutscher,
got into an alteration with a rival Jehu
Words soon led to oaths, and oaths to
blows, and the pair set to in good earnest to
decide which was the better man. Ponping
his head out Of the fiacre window, If
mildly implored the pair to cblige n and
6rub each other as quickly as they ould, for
he had engaged the carriage by the hour
A young couple, newly engaged, were ia.
vored with a letter Of introduction to him
which they duly presented. Now, the gen.
tleman was notorious for his effeminate hab
its and ways, and his appearance at once
struck the eye Of the observant journalist
who had heard about him. He said nothing,
received the pair with empressernent, insisted
upon their being seated in his most comfort
able easy chairs. assured them how pleased
he was to hear Of their engagement, and
wound up with: Now. pray, you must,
you really must tell me which Of you is the
bride
He once described a theatre as being so full
that people were obliged to laugh perpendic-
ularly, there was no room to do so horizon
tally. OF dull townlet he visited, he re-
marked it was so quiet that but for an occa-
sional death there would really be no life in
the place.-New York sun.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-11-24

Rosa Bonheur, the artist. was one evening
placed at dinner next to the Grand Duke
Michael, cousin of the present Gar. Thetwo
got on very well, and even ate n vielliebchen
together after dinner Owing TO the pressure
of business the Russian visitor forgot the joke
and lost the bet. On asking Nine. Bonheur
what he might offer her as a forfeit she said
jeStingly, ANY pretty little animal might
use as model" For some time after the
grand duke went away nothing was heard Of
him, and the artist had forgotten the affair,
when only few days ago the forfeit arrived
IN the shape Of three gigantic white bears
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-11-24
The Verdict Unanimous.

W. D. Salt, druggist, Bippus, Ind, tes-
titles: Il can recommend Electric Bit.
tiers as the very best remedy. Every bot
tie sold has gwen relief in every case.
One man took six bottles and was cured
of rheumatism of ten years standing"
Abraham Hare, druggist, Bellyille. Ohio,
afirms: "The best selling medicine |
have ever handled in my twenty years
experience, is Electric Bitters." Thous.
ands of others have added their
testimony, so that the verdict is unan-
imous that Electric Bitters do cure all
diseases of the liver, kidneys or blood.
Only half dollar bottle at Morley
Bross.' drug store.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-11-24
STORIES ABOUT MEN
Bits of Human Nature Taken n
Greatness

Among the remarks addressed bv the e.
Gus Justice Duffy, Of New York, recen,I ta,l'
prisoners before him and to persons ALL. .
the release Of prisoners, The Sun rs..T
these: aus
To boy-You ara an incorrigibla ~
you villain. you swashbuckler, Won b.n5:.
you bravo. l shall have TO send YOU. mn -
seventeen years. Officer, put him in a an
with rats. big muskrets. Give him brsss
and water f0T SIX years. How old will ba i
when he comes Outl
tAsidei-Let him 90 in an hour.
To an intoxicated woman-You say yo,
married. You are married to whisky. 81
months
To a fghter-You are a ranger yon
knock down and drag out people. Your faos
gives You away. l give you ten DAYS u
YOU come here again l will give YOU tsa
Years.
To a r0under-YOu are an Irish bum w,
have not washed yourself in two years.
To the audience-Any of you women nm,
there who have pots and pans and childrn
TO take care Of had better 20 home. | am
tired Of looking at you out there Go home
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-11-24

Since Mashall Field moved into his great
new store Market street has in some respects
degenerated. 1t is fact that there are few
tufts Of grass growing in front OF the big red
building in which two fortunes have been
made. Perhaps these are the only grass
blades 10 be found in the streets Of Chicago.
They are growing, too. directly under the
window at which the Western merchant
Prince used to sit and watch his many wagons
Ind trucks driving hither and yon. To the
patriotic CLic&goan this sign Of the decadence
Of once busy district is not pleasant. Not
so, however. with a St Louis man who came
to Chicago several weeks ago He knew no
one in the city. and his heart yearned for the
quiet Of his native town. While wandering
aimleSsly about the city the other day, he
happened 10 pass the little tuft Of grass which
crept up between the stones on Market street
He stopped, gazed at it attentively, and then
sat down upon an empty dry goods box,
while smile illumined his face
Colonel" said he to a man who was wash
ing one Of the windows in the big warehouse,
that tufJ Of grass is like an oasis in the de-
seTt. 1t reminds me Of ST. Louis, and want
to sit here and look at it, It'sthe most home
ike thing I've seen since I've been in Chi
cago. Chicago Herald. :.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-11-24

1t does not follow, of course, that every
democrat or every republican indorses all
the acts of his party, because all party
policies must be more or less compro-
misses; but, for all that, parties alone lay
down policies and carry them out. The
difference between an independent citizen
and a party man is, that the former
changes his party about as often as he
votes, while the other clings to his party
because he believes it most effectively ex-
presses his ideas of government, and he
does not leave it until satisfied the other
party makes the more effective appeal to
his Judgment and his conscience-Wash-
ington Post, Dem.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-11-24
Growth of Texas.

Speaking of Texas, the Globe Demo
crat says:
ats growth in population, which was "a
per cent. in the decade ending with 1880,
was greater than that of any of the other
states except two, and than that of three
of the territories. The two states which
exceeded it in this respect are Colorado
and Kansas. The ratio of increase in the
former was 3S7 per cent. and in the latter
l73 per cent. The gain in wealth in Texas
in the same period was greater than in
any other state, or than in any territory
except Utah. The per capita value of its
property in 1870 was 1874, which increased
TO S455 in the succeeding ten years.n
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-11-24
a Good Story A1out Lincoln.

President Lincoln said once that the best
story he ever read in the papers OF himself
was this: Two QuakeresseS were travelling %
the railroad, and were heard discussing the
probable termination of the war. Il think, =
aid the first, that jefferson viii succeed. ?
Why does thee think so5' asked the other
Because Jefferson is a praying man. And
30 Is Abraham a praying man. objected tie
second, Yes, but the Lord will think Abra'
ham is joking, the first replied. conclusively-
boston Budget.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-11-24
MILLS FOR CHAIRMAN.

And so Hon. Vim. II. Springer thinks
there is a possibility that Col. Mills will
be Morrison's successor in the chairman
ship of the ways and means committee.
The Illinois statesman might have added
there is not only possibility but a
probability of Mr.. Mills promotion. As
Mr.. Springer remarks, Mills comes next
on the committee. But, outside of this
fact, if there is any man in congress who
represents the tariff reform move
ment, it is Col. Mills, who has
also, in the late prohibition contest in this
state, received a fattering endorsement
by the people of this state. He is two
fold representative Of Texas, which Car
Isle, if again elected speaker, will hardly,
and ought not to, ignore. To pass by
Mills, even for a Carlisle-RandsIl com
promise man, would be slight to Texas,
as well as throwing wet blanket on those
who want to get rid of the infamous tariff
swindle.